My Mom said I can't do Medicine if I don't get into a BSMD program

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<p>However, the parents have absolute veto over the student’s college choices due to either paying for some of it, or cooperating with financial aid paperwork. No parental cooperation, no college money.</p>

<p>If it comes down to that, the OP needs to find a full ride merit scholarship that does not have a need-based component in order to be completely independent of the parents from a college finance perspective.
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<p>Note, however, that pre-med does not require any specific major (whether you are in a BS/MD program or not). You can major in physics or astronomy as a pre-med.</p>

<p>Note also that BS/MD programs do require meeting a high GPA and MCAT score to keep your place in the MD program, although they would spare you the stressful applications and interviews that regular pre-meds need to do.</p>